Who is this for

Users of Kubernetes

Users of Kubernetes will develop a deeper understanding of Kubernetes through learning
the fundamental concepts behind how APIs are designed and implemented. This book
will teach readers how to develop their own Kubernetes APIs and the
principles from which the core Kubernetes APIs are designed.

Including:

The structure of Kubernetes APIs and Resources

API versioning semantics

Self-healing

Garbage Collection and Finalizers

Declarative vs Imperative APIs

Level-Based vs Edge-Base APIs

Resources vs Subresources

Kubernetes API extension developers

API extension developers will learn the principals and concepts behind implementing canonical
Kubernetes APIs, as well as simple tools and libraries for rapid execution. This
book covers pitfalls and misconceptions that extension developers commonly encounter.

Navigating this book

This section describes how to use the navigation elements of this book

Code Navigation

Code samples may be either displayed to the side of the corresponding documentation, or inlined
immediately afterward. This setting may be toggled using the split-screen icon at the left side
of the top nav.

Table of Contents

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OS / Language Navigation

Some chapters have code snippets for multiple OS or Languages. These chapters will display OS
or Language selections at the right side of the top nav, which may be used to change the
OS or Language of the examples shown.